Tuesday, 27 December 2011

A nice self indulgent little piece ALL ABOUT ME. It's my turn to host at the Three Muses this week and I've invited artists to share a little something about themselves. Mine is a journal page in which I have shared the fact that if I could have one wish I would wish that I could fly so that when I'm shopping my feet won't hurt. Hee hee.

Credit to Crowabout Studio B, whilst the font is : Gingerbread House by Obsidian Dawn, oh and there's a little bit of painting and drawing by me.

Sunday, 25 December 2011

Our word for inspiration this week at Take A Word is PRINT and that
reminded me of the strange little fairy tale I heard the other day.

ONCE UPON A TIME there was a wicked witch who lived in the forest by a little stream in a cottage made of sugar and spice.

The
children were afraid of the witch because of her black pointy hat and
her face which was the colour and texture of toad skin.

She
was very ugly and very cruel but those little children just could not
resist the thought of what that sugary house would taste like should
they ever get the chance to stick their greedy little tongues on to
those sweet walls.

The wicked witch knew that the
children longed to taste the sweetness and so she opened up the garden
gate and scattered sugared almonds along the path to entice those
children into her grasp.
And before long the children began to move closer until ……..

Credit to Playing with Brushes and Dover samples. Font : Apple Chancery.

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Our theme for inspiration across at the Three Muses this week is ANGELS, and as usual my mind went off at a tangent and I thought about a famous angel we have here in the UK. So I searched my photos from a previous visit and here we are. Ta da.

Sunday, 18 December 2011

Our word for inspiration at Take a Word this week is SEPIA, so I knew you would be interested in seeing this old strip of film I unearthed from my family history box the other day. Yes, these strange creatures are part of my family and yes, I had forgotten just how eccentric some of them are.

On the right is my great aunt Olive together with sister Cordelia. Olive always was in a world of her own and it was left to Cordelia to try to keep her feet firmly on the ground. On the left we have the triplets, who were always the 'giddy kippers' of the family, and who were my great aunts (by marriage), Lydia, Lucinda and Louise. It has to be said these three never did a day's work in their lives, never learned to sew or embroider or paint or play the piano or sing, instead they spent their days drifting from room to room in the house or likewise in the gardens performing this most extraordinary of dances.

I suppose we all have some skeletons the closet!!

Credit to jinterwas for the film strip whilst the ladies are all courtesy of Dover.

Sunday, 11 December 2011

Our word for inspiration at Take a Word this week is JOY and that reminded me to tell you about what happened on Thursday morning. There I was decorating the Christmas tree, when I spied a little spot of red way across the garden in the snow. As I watched, the spot became a man with a white beard and red suit, and I realised it was Father Christmas himself.

Was he lost, I wondered, or worse still forgotten the date? But no. He said as he was in the neighbourhood thought he'd just pop in to pick up my Christmas list. Wow, now how is that for service?

Credit to Marmalade Moon for the background, Kubivet for the the trees and Crowabout Studio B for the 'Christmas Joy' and Santa Claus.

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

I'm sure you won't believe me but I will tell you anyway. Yesterday I got a new neighbour. Nothing strange there I hear you say and normally I would agree, but this morning when I popped round to introduce myself I was surprised to find myself 'face to face to face' with the most unusual person I have ever met. I thought to myself : nothing is likely to get passed her me thinks!

Sunday, 4 December 2011

NUMBERS is our word for inspiration this week at Take a Word and that reminded me of a strange occurrence I encountered the other day. I was taking my morning constitutional when from an open window I heard someone quote : to be or not to be, that is the question. On turning I saw a mother cradling her baby whilst she quoted, and I wondered if it was a little early to be teaching her wee one the plays from Shakespeare!

Credit to NumbBumm and Ruby Blossom whilst the fonts are courtesy of Obsidian Dawn.